Civil Litigation
Mar. 26, 2021
USC to pay $842M to sex abuse plaintiffs
Each of the 702 plaintiffs will be entitled to an average of $1.2 million — about 12 times more than what thousands of other accusers are entitled to receive from a 2020 federal class settlement, in which USC agreed to pay $215 million to resolve the claims.
USC agreed Thursday to pay out $842 million to settle hundreds of sexual abuse claims against former university gynecologist George Tyndall. The settlement is the largest for a sexual abuse case in U.S. history.
Each of the 702 plaintiffs will be entitled to an average of $1.2 million -- about 12 times more than what thousands of other Tyndall accusers are entitled to receive from a 2020 federal class settlement, in which USC agreed...
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